It’s not difficult to imagine the impact on the embryonic Caribbean Premier League of the Barbados Central Bank’s warning last week on the status of Verus International, the League’s owners.
The timing of the Central Bank’s statement is more puzzling.
It said it had “come to its attention” that Verus, which is incorporated as a company in Barbados, “is describing itself as a merchant bank based in Barbados.”
It warned (its word) that Verus “is not licensed to engage in merchant banking, or any other